Lower Barn, Lee, Ilfracombe EX34 8LN

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 107 m² · Owner-Occupied · Ground source heat pump, underfloor, electric

Upgrade Plan

FB for £45,500 · £11,375 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£37113.5 yrs+13.2 pts · reaches E
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£28817.4 yrs+10.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£34318.9 yrs+12.2 pts · reaches D
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£40122.5 yrs+14.3 pts · reaches C
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£30750+ yrs+11.0 pts · reaches B

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£3,487
per year at grade F
£1,778
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,709 a year — a 3.8% annual return on £45,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £1,947 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Ilfracombe Church of England Junior SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Woolacombe SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
The Ilfracombe Church of England AcademySecondary1.9 miProgress 8 +0.48 · above average (2023/24)
Braunton AcademySecondary6.3 miProgress 8 -0.22 · below average (2023/24)
Pilton Community CollegeSecondary8.3 miProgress 8 -0.23 · below average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

6.5
crimes a month
52
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 40% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020117, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.